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Venice Biennale: “The Member”, a historical Performance-Intervention at the Russian Pavilion by Aleksey Yudnikov, 22.04.2022

At this most dangerous juncture in European history since the Second World War, this vivid performance at the Venice Biennale painted a nuanced picture of our vulgar times. A historical entry in the yearbook of the Russian Pavilion! Artist: Aleksey … Continue reading

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PRESS: Art for Ukraine: Buy limited-edition prints by top photographers and artists by The Glossary

Source: The Glossary The Glossary Team 10.03.2022   PRESS TEXT: Art for Ukraine: Buy limited-edition prints by top photographers and artists These charity sales are raising vital funds to help those in Ukraine Art for Ukraine: Buy Prints By Top Photographers … Continue reading

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PRESS: Artists at Risk Shares Resources for Ukrainian Artists Fleeing the War by Hyperallergic

SOURCE: Hyperallergic Jasmine Liu 08.03.2022 PRESS TEXT: Artists at Risk Shares Resources for Ukrainian Artists Fleeing the War The organization is helping relocate Ukrainians in urgent need of help as well as Russian dissidents who may be at risk of … Continue reading

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Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk

Updates on the dedicated webpage at ZKM Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk February 11–12, 2022  ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe zkm.de Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube Artists at Risk (AR) www.artistsatrisk.org YouTube / Instagram / Facebook / … Continue reading

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#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 17. David Wengrow

David Wengrow is Professor of Comparative Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL) and has been a visiting professor at New York University, the University of Auckland, and the University of Freiburg. He is co-author of the New … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS: Maria “Masha” Alekhina jailed, days before giving keynote at “Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk” 

Last night, Maria Alekhina was apprehended by Russian authorities and brought to a Moscow police department under orders of “administrative detention” on unknown charges. Masha was designated an AR-Resident Prisoner by Artists at Risk (AR) in December 2021, and this … Continue reading

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#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 16. Deeyah Khan

Documentary director and producer Deeyah Khan has won two Emmys, a BAFTA, an RTS and two Peabody Awards in just under a decade of making empathetic and unflinching films which deal with some of the most important and polarising issues … Continue reading

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#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 15. Elisabet Goula

Elisabet Goula Sardà is head of the Debates Programme at Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. She has been the coordinator of this programme since 2002 and has taken on different responsibilities, from the conceptualisation and organisation of multiple local … Continue reading

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Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk Participants

Follow the links below to find out more about each #AlliancesforArtatRisk participant! Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk Full Programme Ahmed Mourad Khanfir Andrei Kureichik Ganzeer Gitte Zschoch The Lazours Masha Alekhina Mohsen Makhmalbāf Qaushiq ‘Q’ Mukherjee … Continue reading

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#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 14. Barnabás Bencsik

Curator, art historian, gallerist Barnabás Bencsik, born in 1964, lives and works in Budapest. From 1990 to 1999 he ran the Studio Gallery Budapest, the exhibition venue of the Studio of Young Artists Association. He worked as the head of … Continue reading

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